[OctDev] Cell array (of structs) to array failure

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Jaroslav Hajek<highegg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Travis Collier <travcollier at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:21 PM
> Subject: [OctDev] Cell array (of structs) to array failure
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>
> I may be doing this completely wrong, but it works in some cases and
> used to work reliably (in 3.0.5).
>
> I've got a function returning a cell array of structs or empty
> elements which I'm appending to form a single array of structs.
> cors = [cors c{:}]
> This used to work, and still does most of the time.
>
> In fact, just [c{:}] is failing sometimes with the same error...
> error: octave_base_value::complex_array_value(): wrong type argument `struct'
>
> Any clue as to the problem, or suggestion how to do this sort of
> append differently (or better)?
>
> Sorry, I can't seem to duplicate the results with very simple
> inputs... they all seem to work.
> I'm attaching a saved variable "c" which fails.
>
> Here is as trimmed down a version as I can get:
> octave:254> c{:}
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans =
>                        {
>                          maxlag =  17628
>                        }
>
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans =
>                        {
>                          maxlag =  17604
>                        }
>
>                        ans =
>                        {
>                          maxlag =  17612
>                        }
>
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans =
>                        {
>                          maxlag =  27
>                        }
>
>                        ans =
>                        {
>                          maxlag =  27
>                        }
>
>                        ans = [](0x0)
>                        ans = [](0x0)
> octave:255> [c{:}]
> error: octave_base_value::complex_array_value(): wrong type argument `struct'
>
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First, you were on the wrong list.
Second, please check out this one (it was Murphy again):
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/0f85d9564057

thanks

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz